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Hon. Albert G. Porter, 



GOVERNOR-ELECT OF INDIANA, 



WASHINCxTON, D. C, 



November ii and 13, 1880. 



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THE WELCOME 
HON. ALBERT G. PORTER. 




HE visit of the Hon. Albert G. Porter, Governor- 
'^ elect of Indiana, to the National Capital, on 
November 11 and 13, 1880, was an event that will 
be long remembered by those who witnessed it. 
Upon his arrival on Thursday evening, November 
11, 1880, at the Baltimore and Potomac station, Mr. 
Porter expressed his great delight and astonishment at 
the great outpouring of the people who had assembled to 
greet and welcome him back to Washington. The local 
Republican Clubs in large numbers formed in procession 
and escorted him to the Riggs House, which was tastefully 
decorated in honor of the distinguished guest. 

An immense crowd of people, numbering not less than 
five thousand, assembled on G Street, and when Governor 
Porter, accompanied by Hon. William Lawrence, First Comp- 
troller of the Treasury, Deputy Fifth Auditor J. B. Mann? 
General R. D. Mussey, and Judges Charles Case, D. P. Hol- 
loway and J. M. Wilson, appeared on the balcony, he was 
heartily cheered. Judge Case introduced Hon. Jeremiah M. 
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4 THE WELCOME TO aOVERNOB POBTEB. 

an eloquent and stirring address, in which he referred briefly 
to the recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court on the 
constitutional amendment respecting elections as one of the 
causes which produced the great revolution and grand po- 
litical victory in that State. 

Governor Porter then advanced to the railing, and a deaf- 
ening round of applause greeted the presence of the gentle- 
man who redeemed Indiana in October from the Democracy, 
and made the great Republican victory in ISTovember, 1880, 
an assured success a month in advance of its actual occurring. 

Mil. Pouter spoke clearly as follows : 

Fellow-Citizens: I Imvc foiiie liere after tlie fatigne of a long: 
and aidiums canvass to olttaiii rest — thougli I confess tliis does not 
look much like it— and to meet old friends in Washington. I confess 
T am surprised at this demonstration, of whicli I had not the slightest 
intinnitiou until 1 reached the city an hour ago. 

It is, however, not so mucli to congratulate me as it is to lioncn- my 
State which honored me with an election that contributed so much to 
the presidential election. We feel proud of Indiana. She has re- 
deemed herself from Democratic i)arty rule and wheeled in the line 
of Republican, where she will steadily remain. We do not claim to 
luive ])roduced the tiiumi)hant icsult of Xovend)er, but we do claim 
to have largely contributed to that result by insi)iiiiig hope and con- 
lidem-e into tlu' hearts of the Kejtublicaii nuisses, and, what is more 
to tiie pur]tose, have swelled the nuijority of the President-elect so 
that there can never be any disi)ute as to tlie legality of his election 
oi- the largeness of his majoritj'. Judge Wilson has s])oken of some 
<tf the causes which contributed to this happy result in Indiana, 
anu)iig' others of that un]ia])py decision of tlie State Su])reme Court. 
That decision, unhapjiy for tiie otlun- side, did much to l)lig:ht cher- 



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ished hopes" and upset cherished phuis. It was thought, on tlieiv 
part, by making Indiana an October State, they would secur(> tlie 
triumph of certain prominent leaders of their party, retain the State 
by a renewed lease of power, and then the year of jubilee would 
come. Well, they made it an October State, and the year of jubilee 
did come, but the jubilation was all on the other side! They made 
Indiana an October State, and she became a Republican State and 
covered herself all over with glory ! 

We may congratulate ourselves upon having secured a Kepublican 
administration for the next four years, but much uu)re may we con- 
gratulate ourselves on the dangers we have escaped. We are now 
on the eve of a most successful administration. General GartLeld is 
a statesman of enlarged views, of broad comprehension, progressive, 
fully up to the most advanced deuuinds of the age, with a ripened 
intellect sustaining the truest integrity. He will do right himself 
and see that right is done to all. 

We shall have a reconciliation between the North and South, but 
a reconciliation that is based on justice, Avithout which no recon- 
ciUation is worth anything. There will be obedience to law every- 
where, renewed prosperity will attest the wisdom of recognizing 
justice in all our relations, and a reciprocity of love between the 
sections will grow iip as the natural result of right in those relations. 
And at the close of General Gartield's term each section will applaud 
the wisdom and revere the justice that have animated its counsels 
and guided its actions. 

My friends, I thank you lieartily for the compliment you have 
paid me, and now bid yon good-bye. 

Governor Porter was then escorted down stairs by Judges 
Lawrence, Case, Wilson and Holloway, and other dis- 
tino-uished gentlemen to the G Street porch, where he 
shook hands wnth over one thousand enthusiastic and 
warmly admiring friends. 



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•^qffSf-OVERNOR PORTER filled the great position of 
G^ nif ^^''^^ Comptroller of the Treasury from March 
^^^ 5, 1878, to July 10, 1880, and his work in that 

(^^^ exalted office stands out in splendor and is equal 
to that of the many distinguished men who have presided 
over this, one of the greatest accounting offices in the 
United States. 

On Saturday morning, Novemher 13, 1880, the former 
official associates of Governor-elect Porter tendered him a 
reception in the room of Comptroller Lawrence, which was 
formerly occupied by Mr. Porter. The room was elaborately 
decorated with flags and flowers in the most exquisite man- 
ner under the auspices of the lady clerks in the office. The 
taste and elegance of design displayed in the decorations 
were greatly admired by those present. 

The reception, in every detail, was eminently successful and 
was carried out under the management of the committees 
named in the following invitation, which is inserted here as 
a matter of record : 



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committee of Arrangements: 

J. T VKBEI.I., Deputy CouiptiolUT, VhairmaH. 
Jos. Ai). Thomson, .Silas c. c-lakki^, 

JAMES A.U.. MKS. E. 8. M. CHISOLM, 

Hon. Wm. La-\vhen('K, ComptrolU'i-. 

Reception Committee : 

Jos. Ad. Thomson, Chuirtnan. 

JAMES AULD, MILTON WOODWORTH, ^^ ^ ^^' I^^'^"^'"' 

WILLIAM LINTON, E. N. GiLI-IN. 

Committee on Decorations: 

John R. (iAKTilsoN, ('lidiniiaii. 
^ ^ T,.,iv WM Ki-K Miss Anna S. Parsons, 

Charles H. BUTLER, j,,hn w alklk, -^ rr,,.,^.„ 

FR.VNK T. I (iE, miss MARY L. TAI LER. 

Mrs E. S. M. Chisoi.m. Chdirnian. 

MISS EMMA HARTWKLL, MiSS M. F. BAILEV, MHS. KATE M. MAC.MRER. 

• Thomas Robinson, Rai^i'" Ballin. 



committee on Finance: 

Z. M. Lawrence, chainHaii. 
Miss Mary S. Wrkiht, 

Committee on PrintinK! 

William M. Tackjart, Chdlnnaii. 
J. H. Wilkinson, 



A. J. Chii'Man. 



T. J. MINTON. 



Honorary Committee: 

H B Bfnnitt BamuelBiddle, H. v. BARTOL, 

FRANCIS^HAMMONI., LE..NARn SARGEANT, '^^^^^fj"^^;^ 

^ WOOD D. C. PINKERTON, ERNEST H. MAY, 

GEORGE T. PARKER. ^^f^:^""' lo^^.^^^^:::^, 

foifv ARTHUR . CHARLES E.BRONSON, JAMES M. WOULFE, 

^^1 HA i MRS. MARY C. RINGG.>LD, MiSS E. V. PENDLETON. 

Mis's FI 17 U5FTH H VRTM AN. MiSS FLORINE A. AUSTIN. MRS. MARY FIELDS, 

Ml': ^i:li^^^U^^^, miss JESSIE F. WAITE. MRS. LIZZIE W. EOLESTON 

A.J. Faust, H. C. Westervblt. 

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THE WELCOME TO GOVEL'XOL' FORTE Ji. 

The Reception Committee waited upon Governor Porter 
at the Riggs House, and escorted him to the room of Comp- 
troller Lawrence, in the United States Treasury Building. 
The appearance of Mr. Porter called forth great applause, 
and a hearty welcome from those present, among whom 
were Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury; Hon. 
J. Iv. Upton, and Hon. H. F. French, Assistant Secretaries; 
J. T. Power, Esq., Chief Clerk; Hon. H. C. Burchard, Di- 
rector of the Mint; Hon. H. C. Johnson, Commissioner of 
Customs; Hon. Green B. Raum, Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue; Hon. R. M. Reynolds, First Auditor; Hon. 
Orange Ferriss, Second Auditor ; Hon. E. W. Keightley, 
Third Auditor; Hon. Charles Beardsley, Fourth Auditor; 
Hon. J. H. Ela, Fifth Auditor, and others. 

The Reception Committee presented Mr. Porter to the 
Hon. William Lawrence, First Comptroller of the Treasury, 
who addressed him as follows : 

GovKKNOK Pouter: 

The pleasant duty has been assigned to nie, by those connected 
with the office of the First Comptroller in the Department of the 
Treasury, of giving- expression, in part, to their feelings and senti- 
ments on this occasion. 

In their name and on their behalf, I greet and welcome you. In 
their name and on their behalf, I testify to you the high appreciation 
tliey have of vour character as a man, of the value of your services 
during the vears you occupied the position of First Conuitroller, of 
the uniform courtesy, kindness and justice tliey ahvays received at 



10 THE WELCOME TO (SOVERNOR PORTER. 

your hands, and of the distiugnished ability and integrity witli wliich 
you performed every duty — administering tlie hiw impartially alike 
for the Government and its citizens. 

In their name and on their behalf, I tender you their gratitude and 
thanks for all of this. 

It is with no small degree of satisfaction and ])ride that they now 
welcome your return to this city. 

The events of the last five months form an imi)ortant era in our 
history. Tlie actors in these events have been shaping the destinies 
of the Kepublic for the inesent and the future. They have impressed 
their purposes on public (luestions affecting the ])reservation of tlu^ 
Government, the civil and political rights of its citizens, and all the 
great laws affecting their nuit(aial interests. All these are subject 
to file popular will expressed in the forms required l)y the C'onstitu- 
tion and laws. 

It is our i)ridc and boast tliat l\e])ublican Government recognizes 
the supremacy of the public will and appeals to the ballot-box as 
the arbiter to give it ex]»ression. 

We may fondly hoi)e and belie\'e f liat henceforth the arbitrament 
of the sword may never again be invoked, and that the decisive fiat 
of a free, honest, untrammeled ballot may be hereafter and forever 
supi'cme. 

"Then pence on earth shall hold lier easy sway. 
And man forget liis brother man to slay." 

In i)olitical, as in moral and religious questions, differences of 
opinion have always existed and probably forever will. An honest 
expression of the pnblic will should furnish no occasion for passion 
or bitterness of feeling. 

It is tlie part of prudence and of duty to accept political results 
"with malice towards mme— witli cluirity for all," and out of these 
secure for every citizen of this Government tlie greatest possible 
good. 

Impressed with these sentiments, those for whom I speak con- 
gratulate you that in the exciting political contest through which the 



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American people liave so recently passed, you, sir, liave occupied a. 
a commanding position, second only in prominence and importance 
to that of the candidates for President and Vice-President. 

New and exalted honors have been conferred upon your name by 
the confidence of the people wlio knew you best— the generous, in- 
telligent people of the great, prosperous, and growing State of In- 
diana. But these honors are not bounded by State lines, they are 
wider even yet than the vast domain of the Kepnblic. 

For this, again, in behalf of those for whom I speak, I congratulate 
you. These honors bring with them duties and responsibilities of 
the gravest character. These you comprehend and appreciate full 
Avell. For those on behalf of whom I speak, I express the tirm belief 
—an abiding confidence— that your duties as Grovernor of Indiana will 
be so performed as to give new lustre to your fame, and new cause 
for confidence and gratitude from the people whose Chief Executive 
you are to be— an Executive not n)erely for one of the American 
States, but, in some respects, for them all. Goverunient, both Na- 
tional and State, under our system, should be— and was intended to 
l,e_"of the people, by the people, and for the people." 

The success of political principles represented by any political 
party must in a large measure-it should in all respects— inure to 
the common good of all. The vanauished and the victors alike share 
its common benefits. If the Government is saved it is saved for all. 
If principles succeed which are essential to the preservation of 
human rights, humanity everywhere shares the common benefits. 

Speaking for those who believe tlie success of the Kepublican 
party is demanded by the common good, I congratulate you that 
under your galhmt lead, by the force of your logic, and the persua- 
sive power of your elo(iuence, your native State of Indiana pro- 
nounced her verdict as an October State, and turned the tide of 
battle, rendered victory assured, and defeat impossible. 

Occasions have not been wanting when the failure of political pur- 
poses and of political parties has been acknowledged by those desir- 
ing their success as an unexpected blessing. Encouraged by the 



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history of the past, let us hope that the popular verdict of October 
and November will bring- blessings without disguise to tliose who 
least «lcsired or expected them. Let lis hope that blessings will 
result in a foini to bring and nuike enduiing the era of peace, fra- 
ternity and good will, never more to be interrupted. 

This is demanded alike by the material and moral inti-rests of the 
l)eople, by every dictate of Jiumanity, and tlie holiest impulses of 
our miture. It will conu^ when every riglit of every citizen is re- 
spected and secured all over the land. For myself, 1 cordially unite, 
in feeling and sentiment, in every word I have spoken on behalf of 
the ladies and gentlemen of this office, who have so highly honored 
me by assigning to me the dut^' of addressing you, and foi- whose 
kindness and contideuce I am grateful. 

And, now, Governor Porter, in conclusion, let me assure you that 
wherever you may go, lu whatever field of usefulness you may be 
engaged, you will bear with you the Avishes of all here assembled for 
your health, happiness, and success, while life shall last. 

Governor Porter, in reply, said : 

1 should l>e insensible to kindness were I not touched l»y this ex- 
hibition of the good will and frieiulsliip of the clerks in this otfice. 
In tiiese l)eautiful decorations I ])erceive the work of tlie deft hands 
of the lady clerks, and to them I tejuler my sincere thanks. I have 
often, when in the midst of the labor and tumult of the arduous can- 
vass .inst closed, thought of the quiet of the office which I left, la- 
borious as its duties were, and in the stillness of many a night the 
names and features of all who were associated with me in the con- 
duct of the office have recurred to me. It has l)een one of the pleas- 
ures of the success with which the recent canvass has been crowned 
that I may have helped to give assurance that the (Government will 
not, for at least many years to come, be deprived of the zealous and 
efficient services of the faithful clerks in this and other offices, who, 
in their unconspicuous spheres of duty, have long performed so dili- 
gently and carefully tlie laborious tasks assigned to them, and it has 



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been hardly less a source of pleasure that I may have heli)ed to re- 
move anxieties fi'om the breasts of many whose habits have all been 
formed to this i)articular mode of life, and who have felt that they 
would be unsuited to and unhappy in another. 

The Comptroller, [Hon. Wm. Lawrence,] in his eloquent address, 
has been ideased to refer, in words of praise, to my services in the 
late campaign in Indiana, and to the important effect of the event of 
that campaign on the Presidential election. I may, I believe, with- 
out indelicacy, claim to have worked with great ardor and persis- 
tence to bring on the fortunate result which has occasioned so much 
rejoicing, but I must not claim the praise chiefly for myself. The 
committees, National, State, and local, zealously performed their 
duties; and, more tluin all else, the plain, unofficial people-holding 
no office, seeking no preferment, who would not have accepted office 
if it had been tendered them-did work which no words can fitly 
commend. To them personally I owe much. Suffering the common 
lot of candidates, sometimes to be assailed by falsehoods, they spared 
me the task of replying by promptly vindicating me in their own 
breasts. [Applause.] 

It will be a pleasure to me, as a representative of Indiana, to take 
home to the people the expressions tl.at I have received so generally 
from persons in nearly every station in Washington, tl.at to Indiana, 
more than any other State, is the country indebted for the fortunate 
result of the Presidential canvass. Indiana was an October State. 
She changed front and fell into the Eepublican column, and she in- 
'si)ired Republicans everywhere with a new zeal and a new hope. 

I shall never cease to bear with me a kind remembrance of this 
day These beautiful decorations wUl be pliotographed upon my 
menuuy, and the sceiu' of to-day will often recall the actors in it, 
and the nmny pleasant incidents which have been connected with 
mv official life in this Department. 



14 THE WELCOME TO GOYEFNOE FOETEE. 

The Hon. J. Tarbell, Deputy Comptroller, then intro- 
duced Joseph Ad. Thomson, Esq., Chief of the Diplomatic 
and Consular Division of the First Comptroller's Office, who 
addressed Governor Porter as follows: 

Judge Portku, Goveunor-kleot of Inpiana: 

It was my jjleasaut duty as a rcprosentative of tlu^ ladies and seu- 
tleiiieu of tills oftict', to i-ive you ouv land words of parting- when you 
left us to become the central figure in tlie Indiana campaign, and to 
send you on your new mission freighted with our kind regards for 
the past and our i)rayers for your future prosperity and success. In 
taking your hand on that occasion, and in this room, I expressed the 
hoi)e and belief that we would have the pleasure of greeting you as 
Govoruor-elect, and time in its fulness has brought about that happy 
occasion. 

In the i)r(']»aratiou for that great struggle, which was the initial 
liattle of the cain])aign, your people looked over the distinguished 
personages of your State for such a leader as Avould most likely en- 
sure a victory, and they Avisely selected you. You acce])ted the call- 
in"-, resigned you)- honored jtosition here, and bore to the front the 
standard of our ])arty. In your cast; the office souglit the man, not 
the man the office, which, in these days of political manii)iilations, is 
tlie exception to the rule. It was no em])ty honor, no unmeaning 
compliment, to be clioscn to lead in such a struggle and on such a 
held, 'tliere was no lilot, nor stain, nor blemish on your i)rivate 
character or your otlicial I'ccord, and the shafts of calumny fell harm- 
less at your feet. Vou foiiglit, and won the (Jettysburg of the cam- 
])aiiin, from whence we nuirched to the Appomattox of November 
witli icncwcd conrHlence and \ igor. We congratulate you on your 
urand ligiil and glorious victory, and we feel assured that your ad- 
ministration will add new honors to yourself, and still greater honors 
to your native State. Kndeared to us as you are by the social and 
otlicial relations wlii(-h have existed between us. av<^ rCiioice that one 



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from our miniber lias been selected for so honorable and responsible 
a position. From the hearts of those gathered around there goes ont 
to you a unison of joy at your success, and the success of those prin- 
ciples which you advocated, coupled with the hope that still greater 
honors await you, and, though time and distance may intervene, yet 
wherever your lot may be cast, or in whatever enterprise you may 
engage, you will have our kind wishes and Godspeed. 

This happy occasion is honored by the presence of our distin- 
guished Secretary of the Treasury, H(m. John Shermau, who, like 
yourself, has been one of the great factors in the late campaign, and 
whose wisdom and statesmanship have done so much to produce the 
victory which we celebrate. Under the managenu'nt of this great 
national financier, whose fame is as broad as civilization itself, we 
have accomplished in monetary affairs what no nation has ever done 
before. Here in this granite building, in the privacy of his office, he 
wrought a victory as great as was ever won by the sword of the hero 
or tlu' ])('n of the diplomat. That poor, despised greenback, born, 
like the Saviour of mankind, in poverty and disgrace, hunted down, 
by gold gamblers and i)olitical jugglers, and, like Him, cruci- 
lied by those it came to save — he broke the seals of its sepulchre 
and bade it rise to a glorious resurrection, until, under his master 
manipulations, it became not only the peer of our own coins but is 
exchanged for sovereigns in England, becomes historic Napoleons in 
France, transforms into glittering piasters in Italy, is the equal of 
the cosmopolitan coins of Shanghai, and is received for the regal 
yens of Japan over the marble counters of Tokio. 

When history, mellowed hy time, as historic records must b(\ shall 
write the pages of this nation and gcmeration, the name of our Secre- 
tary of the Treasury will shine forth second to no man of the realm. 

But, gentlenu'ii, behind your names and fame there were principles 
broad and deep and lasting, in which even the identity of men was 
lost, and which formed the motive ])ower that gave us such momen- 
tum. We had been tiue to oiir pledges in the i)ast, and that inspired 
confidence for the future. We went into the contest n]»on oni- record, 



16 THE WELCOME TO GOVEEWOF POBTEB. 

and it has been endorsed by a verdiet of the peo])le. And hence tlie 
great rejoicius', not for personal proinotion, but because our future 
IS assured. The beacon-li.dits of yesterday, Avarning us of rocks 
and slumls, are the b<,ntires of to-day, and upward with iUAv pdhus 
of smoke go tlie rejoicings of our people. 

We realize tlie greatness of the struggle and tJu- grandeur of the 
victory, and Ave lay upon our country's altar our lu-art's devotio.., 
kindling It with that patriotic fire that blazed at Gettysburg and 
consumed at Appomattox. And tlu- thanksgiving is as grand as the 
A-ic-tory. From our churches go up in unison with organ and trained 
clHur the melody of praise made hallowed by the sanctity of prayer 
A hu.Hlred thousand tiresides where labor relaxes its sinewy arm to 
cla^p loved ones, are fan.ily altars where thanksgivings arise made 
re,h>lent wi(h the joy nnd gratitude of the sous of toil. Th,. fathers 
motl.ers, widows, an.l (,rphans of those who fell on rtamin- battle' 
ments, m f.vered swamp, or pestilential prison <len, find their faces 
wet w.th the tears that lo^-e sheds on the urn of memory, and their 
hearts bursting with a new-l>orn joy. Those humble people of the 
Soutl,, into wh<.se nostrils our party breathed anew the breath of 
ife,sing away down in their hearts that silent jubilee which with 
their li])s they dare not utter. 

'Hh' industries of tlu- land, re-baptiz<.,l at the font of prosperity 
l>..y homage to their (;<,d father, the parly of p.o^,ess. Picker aiid 
inner siug anew their ghul duet; the shuttle joins in witli its lubilant 
■ staccatoes, whilst the almost miraculous loom chimes in as it weaves 
Its fabrics of beauty and worth ; miUions of spindles form a mighty 
chorus, and the great wheels give forth their basso pvofun,; in 
.a,,py un.son ; th<. forge sends f<uth its scintillations and keeps time 
to the gnuH harmony; a million hammers, swung by stalwart arms, 
send forth the anvil .-horns of this industrial Trova.tore; whilst away 
•';7' '" "'<; vi.ih. earth the pi.k of the happy miner gives out it's 
glad.>n.e echoes; dock and ship-yard join in this harmony of l.bor; 
-< tn. thousand engines, ....ring the industrial products of the 
•'"'•'• ""•'•' ",e,r syn.plH.nies. What a magniticent orchestra' 



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What a universal liallelujali througliout the land, such as Mozart, 
Beethoven, or Wagner, in his most enraptured moments never 
conceived. 'Tis the grand National wedding march, announcing the 
nuptials of our President-elect with that mjthical Goddess of 
America, almost incarnated in the hearts of our people, Avith the 
Stars and Stripes for their canopy, and an exultant nation for their 
hymeneal footstool . 

Deputy Comptroller Tarbell introduced Miss Jessie F. 
Waite, who recited the following poem, written by Allen 
Wood, Esq., of the First Comptroller's Office, for the occasion: 



TO 

^o^. Slbei't G^. Porter, 

pOVERNOR-ELECT OF JnDTANA; 



All hail the Captain true! 
Welcome with honors due 

From every heart. 
When darkest loomed the hour, 
To lead his eouutry's ]»o\ver — 
Her i)roudest trust and dower — 

Was liis hrave pait. 

All hail the victor stron.n', 

Kach heait swells tortli the soni;- 

The I'oe is down ! 
A mind to i)lan the way, 
A hand to mould and sway, 
A will to win the day — 

Tiie coiHiueror crown ! 

All hail our chief, our I'rieud, 
Whose name such chaiui did lend 

As makes it live. 
Welcome with friendshiiTs hre. 
Welcome to honors hiiiher, 
Tlirou.uh years onr heart's desire 

(!ods]»eed will jiive. 

Ihul, Fla.i-' that shall not fail, 
(iarliehland Arthur, hail! 

Hail, native land. 
Leaders to honor known, 
(Jiuu-dians of freedom's throne, 
Witli Lawkicxck, claimed our own 

Hail, i»at riot l>and ! 



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Deputy Comptroller Tarbell, on behalf of the ladies and 
gentlemen in the office, expressed a desire to hear from the 
Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, who re- 
sponded as follows: 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

You had better not ask nie to make :i speed.. I kimw (5overnoi- 
Porter well. I luive been liis intimate friend for twenty years. We 
served together in the House of Representatives, an<l nu^ssed in the 
same boarding-lionse. 1 suppose you all know what that means m- 
Washington. We Inive made many speeches to each other and I 
tliink I ought not t.. be asked to make a si)eeeh to him. If 1 have 
any secrets lie knows then,, and if he has any secrets \ think I kn..w 
them, so I had better address my remarks to you. 

My association in the Department with Governor l><.rter has been 
very pleasant indeed. I have had occasion to read numy of his opin- 
ions and in some cases to be overruled by him. 

T did not know we had such an orator in the Uepartm.-nt as our 
fviei.d over the way, [referring to Mr. l^iomson, J who has left hardly 
anything f(n' me to remark. H(> has said everything that the ..cca- 
sioii re(iuires. 

At the conclusion of Mr. Sherman's remarks. Governor 
Porter cordially shook hands with each one present, and 
spent several hours in pleasant conversation with his former 
clerks and others connected with the Treasury Department. 



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